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#21 Kangaroo Bouncers

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Posted 10 January 2012 - 05:33 PM

Special pricing for those folks in North Alabama....hahaha

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Posted 10 January 2012 - 07:38 PM

This really seems like it can get quite expensive... is this practical for a new business on startup?

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Posted 10 January 2012 - 07:42 PM

Yeah kenny my ers isnt working either, gotta be a north alabama thing





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Posted 10 January 2012 - 07:49 PM

Here is the pricing. Only $40/month if you have 1-10 units. And the count starts with things over $65.

http://www.eventrent...ms.com/pricing/

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Posted 10 January 2012 - 07:56 PM

This really seems like it can get quite expensive... is this practical for a new business on startup?


When you make a call back because you didn't want to pickup during "whatever was important" they at least have the option to book online. People shop at night.. They may think its to late to call or it actually is to late to call.

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Posted 10 January 2012 - 08:15 PM

Not sure if it is the reason or not, but our business doubled when we went to ers. 48% of our business is from on-line bookings.

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Posted 10 January 2012 - 09:04 PM

Not sure if it is the reason or not, but our business doubled when we went to ers. 48% of our business is from on-line bookings.

Really? That's intersting that people will book mostly online. Is it a connivence thing or more like a ''if i book online they'll show up'' type of reason?

When you make a call back because you didn't want to pickup during "whatever was important" they at least have the option to book online. People shop at night.. They may think its to late to call or it actually is to late to call.

Ah good point I see.

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Posted 10 January 2012 - 09:19 PM

Not sure if it is the reason or not, but our business doubled when we went to ers. 48% of our business is from on-line bookings.

Really? That's intersting that people will book mostly online. Is it a connivence thing or more like a ''if i book online they'll show up'' type of reason?

When you make a call back because you didn't want to pickup during "whatever was important" they at least have the option to book online. People shop at night.. They may think its to late to call or it actually is to late to call.

Ah good point I see.


Definitely a convenience thing. Some people would rather just do it, book it, and get it done. They dont want to mess around with having to call you-I mean, picking up the phone and actually having to TALK to someone? thats too much work. So yes. convenience. lol

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Posted 10 January 2012 - 09:54 PM

Not sure if it is the reason or not, but our business doubled when we went to ers. 48% of our business is from on-line bookings.

Really? That's intersting that people will book mostly online. Is it a connivence thing or more like a ''if i book online they'll show up'' type of reason?

When you make a call back because you didn't want to pickup during "whatever was important" they at least have the option to book online. People shop at night.. They may think its to late to call or it actually is to late to call.

Ah good point I see.


Think how you shop when you buy online. For me when I find what I want at the price I want, I buy it. Same for inflatables. Your business will grow faster if you offer online rentals. Inflatable Office offers a free version if you have less than 10 rental pieces. ERS is good also, looked at both, went with IO because of knowing Tim for a few years.

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Posted 11 January 2012 - 12:13 AM

Thanks for all of the support guys. Yes, we had a death in the family last week so I'm still digging my way out of 500+ emails. It's clear I don't get on here often enough. I actually believe it's better if I just take care of customers but right now I'm referring to the fact that I just wrote a huge update for everyone and then lost everything because I started browsing without saving lol.

The shorter update...
Our sister company POSLAVU has hit it big and after 3 episodes of Kitchen Nightmares has been asked by Apple Computers to install their POS system into all of the Apple headquarters campuses around the world. Good news. The pos system was written by Corey, my partner who also wrote ERS so for those who want a solid POS system, it will be possible to integrate the two systems later this coming year.

Unfortunately, when Apple calls and you're a software developer you....well....you jump when they say jump. Guess what? They called right before IAAPA. Sigh. So, version 2.0 got thrown off track by several weeks. As mentioned by others already, we now plan on rolling out a "bare bones" version to beta testers in the next two weeks with a more flushed out version within approx 4 weeks. We are re-writing the engine to a software system that now has over 10,000 pages of code so this is no minor task.

Short Story is we should still be good to go to have everyone up and running before Spring hits us but we don't want to release junk software after all of this effort. So, when it's ready, it's ready. Please don't start a riot because of delays. We are working as fast as we can. We saw our first full demo as a team two nights ago and it's going to be VERY cool. Tons of flexability and features will be available with less effort as we move forward with development.

Features in Version 2.0:
The main menu will be a newly designed dashboad (it's very nice). Simpler to navigate and will have widgets that can be customized to show whatever you want. You can, for example, show your upcoming rentals, weather forecast, accounts receivables and best renters for the month all at once without clicking on anything. Cool huh?
Time is handled more smoothly with rentals crossing midnight as an option with no problems or restrictions
Unlimited pricing rules to handle even the strangest requests (boy do we get some weird requests but hey...it's your business)
Really clean links so Laser stops complaining :pardon:
Customizable fields in the checkout process that can be merged anywhere on forms, contracts, and mastersheets.
Tons more but that's a good start. I'm very excited.

Lastly, I just want to mention some new hires and services that we are about to provide.
Steve has joined the team full time to offer SEO and Web Marketing services. We will be rolling out pricing to our members in the next week. Services will include blogging, article writing and submissions, link building, adword campaign management, keyword analysis, analytics and more. Got a request? Let us know. We will also be offering a done-for-you newsletter service and finally the Mastermind meetings are going to start (I didn't want to pull the trigger until I had something very cool to offer). More info coming soon to an email near you. Make sure you're on our mailing list if you want information. I wish everyone a great 2012 and again thanks to all of our members and friends.
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Posted 11 January 2012 - 12:16 AM

By the way, we do charge MUCH more in Alabama and we offer half of the features too so sign up quick before the system stops working there all together lol.
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Posted 11 January 2012 - 04:23 AM

Rob, Complaining is good at times- It helps manufactures and service providers define their products or services that will yield beter results and at the end of the day, you guys will gain more happy customers-

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Posted 11 January 2012 - 09:16 AM

ok. Fair enough lol.

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Posted 12 January 2012 - 03:22 PM

For some reason ERS does NOT work right in North Alabama.... So, if you live in North Alabama, I wouldn't waist your time. It is way over priced and the customer service is very poor for North Alabama Area ONLY...... ;)

Funny I heard the same about the DFW area ;)




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